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paranodal

paranodal adjective: relating to a paranode.

Adjective

paranodal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a paranode
    • Auto-antibodies against the paranodal proteins contactin-1 and neurofascin-155 and the nodal protein neurofascin-186 have been detected in subgroups of patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.2015 July 29, “Contactin-1 and Neurofascin-155/-186 Are Not Targets of Auto-Antibodies in Multifocal Motor Neuropathy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. Alongside a node

Origin of paranodal

From para- + nodal.

Words formed from paranodal

Questions about paranodal

What does paranodal mean?
Paranodal means relating to a paranode.
What part of speech is paranodal?
Paranodal is an adjective.

Words near paranodal in the dictionary

  1. paranitrotoluene
  2. paranja
  3. paranjas
  4. paranji
  5. paranjis
  6. paranodal
  7. paranodally
  8. paranode
  9. paranodes
  10. paranodin
  11. paranodular

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